CHITTAGONG PORT
The Port of Chittagong is the largest seaport in Bangladesh, located by the estuary of the Karnaphuli River in Patenga, near the city of Chittagong. It is a deep water seaport dominated by trade in containerized manufactured products (especially garments, jute and jute goods, leather products, fertilizers and seafood), raw materials and to a lesser extent passengers.
Area Of Chittagong.
DESCRIPTION
The Port of Chittagong is the principal Port of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. It is situated on the right bank of the river Karnafuli at a distance of about 9 nautical miles from the shore line of the Bay of Bengal. River Karnafuli rising in the Lushai Hill falls in the Bay of Bengal after taking a winding course of 120 nautical miles through the districts of Chittagong Hill Tracts and Chittagong.
SEAWARD LIMIT
With Patenga Beacon as centre if an arc is drawn seaward with a radius of 5.5 nautical miles till it intercepts the coast line at positions :-
Lat 220 18’45″ N. Long. 91046’30″E in the North and Lat 22008’13″N.Long 91050’00″E in the South, the area enclosed within the extremities if the arc will from the Seaward limit of the Port of Chittagong.
UPPER LIMITS
Upper limits of the river water are formed by two straight lines, one drawn across the Karnafuli River in the North by joining two pillars located at:-
Lat : 22024’33″N
Long : 91054’30E and
Lat : 22024’56″N
Long : 91054’11″E
and the other by joining the two pillars located at:-
Lat : 22025’07″N
Long : 91053’18″E and
Lat : 22025’07″N
Long : 91053’10″E
1. For general break bulk cargoes
- In protected area (Covered space)
| Transit shed (10 nos) | 73,803 sq. m |
| Ware houses (8 nos) | 30,515 sq. m |
| Baggage shed | 1,789 sq. m |
| Car shed | 2,259 sq. m |
| Hazardous godown | 293 sq. m |
| Total | 108,659 sq. m |
- Open space for storage.
| R.C.C pavement | 173,763 sq. m |
| Brick pavement – | 5,639 sq. m |
| Total | 179,402 sq. m |
- Out side protected area
| Ware houses (16nos) | 35,839 sq. m |
| Open dump | 200,000 sq. m |
B. For containers
- At general cargo berth area
| Holding-capacity | 4885 TEUs |
| Open yard | 110,443 sq. m |
| C.F.S(Transit shed 6 nos & ware house & nos) | 70,234 sq. m |
| Railway container terminal | 123 meter. |
| Reefer points | 90 (440 volts) |
| 18 (220 volts) |
At container terminal (MPB)
| Container storage yard | 150,000 sq. m |
| C.F.S | 12,732 sq. m |
| Railway container siding | 550 meter |
| Reefer plugs | 210 (415volts) |
| Container holding capacity | 4,062 TEUs |
| Stand by Generator | 2 nos |
| Water reservoir | 140,000 gallons |
| Fire brigade | One unit |
Capacity Of Containers Handles Both Import & Export Per Day.
I. For general break bulk cargoes
| Types of equipment | Number | Capacity (Tons) |
| Shore crane | 12 20 | 3 2 |
| Mobile crane | 11 8 2 | 6 10-20 30 |
| Fork lift truck | 49 | 3-5 |
| Trailers | 37 15 | 6 25 |
| Tractors | 18 5 | 6 25 |
Source: CPA year book / 1993-95
II. For containers
| Types of equipment | Number | Capacity (Tons) |
| Forklift truck | 5 2 9 5 | 38-42 32 – 35 25 –28 16 |
| Straddle carrier | 9 | 35 |
| Tractor | 25 | 50 |
| Low mast forklift | 23 | 50 |
| Roll trailers | 12 | 20 ft long |
| Trailer | 20 12 | 20 ft long 40 ft long |
Source: CPA year book / 1993-95
III. vessels and craft
| Name | Number | Name | Number |
| Tug boat | 6 | Water boat | 3 |
| Pilot vessel | 5 | Buffer barge | 2 |
| Patrol boat | 2 | Mooring Launch | 6 |
| Pontoon barge Deck loading barge | 13 6 | Service boat | 1 |
| Anchoring and Buoy lifting vessel | 2 | Survey boat | 10 |
One Suction Hooper Dredger with Hooper capacity of 2,500 cu.m
Source: CPA year book / 1993-95
Cut Of Time Rules In Chittagong Port.
Turn-around time is a very common term in the shipping sector. It means the time taken for a ship to enter the port and come out after unloading and loading the cargo. Due to lengthy process and burden of cargo, the turn-around time at Chittagong is much higher than that of other ports in neighboring countries. According to a World Bank report, the turn-around time at Chittagong is 6-10 days, compared with two days in Bangkok and one day in Singapore.
The Chittagong port also does not follow the cut-off time for loading and unloading cargo. The port starts taking booking after a ship anchors at the terminal, and it continues for 24 hours. The shipping agents can increase the cut-off time with the permission of the port authority.
But the ports in Singapore and Malaysia cease booking of export cargo at least 12 hours before anchoring the ship at the terminal. Those ports do not take booking of the return cargo after anchoring the ship at the terminal. Therefore, the ships do not stay at the terminal more than the 12 hours required for loading and unloading cargo.
CFS Area Of Chittagong Port.
Productivity of Chittagong port was being greatly hampered by the unstable political situation prevailing in the country in the last quarter of 2006 and activities of labour organizations. Acting on the instructions of the Caretaker Government, a number of steps were taken to increase productivity, efficiency, and quality of service at the port. Changes that yielded results can be summarized in the following paragraphs.
CFS- 12700 sq m
Number Of Sailing Of Feeder Vessel Per Day.
Basically imports export goods from Colombia sreelonka, Singapore, cew Malaysia port by feeder vessel. Chittagong port only for feeder vassal.
Last year 2088 feeder vessel sailing.
Transit Time In Between Chittagong To Singapore & Colombo.
Colombo 3 Feeder
Colombo – Chittagong
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What Is A Flug Protection Rule In Shipping?
Der Flug dauerte nur ca. 40 Minute. … the team to sail anywhere and into any port without interference. ….Chittagong, Bangladesh: The Bangladesh government is to sign an … official from the Ministry of Shipping said in Dhaka on May 10. ….. and next year marks 50 years under military rule.
What Are The Different Sizes Of Containers?
STANDARD CONTAINERS:
OPENTOP CONTAINERS:
FLATRACK CONTAINERS:
FLATRACK COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINERS:
REEFER CONTAINERS:
HIGH CUBE CONTAINERS:
PLATFORM CONTAINERS:
What Are The Different Kinds Of Containers?
Types of container:-
Refrigerated container
Insulated shipping container
Tank container for bulk goods.
High cube pallet wide container.
Ventilated container for organic product.
Types and configurations of ISO containers
ISO containers are one of the many different types of shipping containers that are available. Containers are basically of two types:
- standard containers, also referred to as ISO containers or intermodal containers;
- non standard shipping containers;
The ISO or intermodal rated containers conform to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) container manufacturing standards. ISO is an international standards organization with the headquarters located in Geneva, Switzerland.
